Newsline 18 January 2010: Kabul hit by series of coordinated attacks; Haiti earthquake survivors wait and pray for help; and a new report says Dutch development aid is "unprofessional".

Coordinated suicide bomb attacks in Kabul
Fourteen people - including nine suicide bombers - were killed today by a series of coordinated attacks in the Afghan capital Kabul. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attacks which came as president Hamid Karzai was swearing in new cabinet members in his headquarters nearby. UN spokesman in Kabul, Aleem Siddique, explains what happened.

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Dutch Afghanistan expert Jorrit Kamminga told Newsline that these latest attacks show that the security situation in Kabul is not improving.

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Survivors in Haiti desperate for aid
Rescue workers in Haiti have still not given up the hunt for survivors of last week's earthquake. Over the weekend, three people were rescued, including a seven year old girl. Aid operations are now well underway, but they are hampered by chaos and bad coordination. Police have reportedly fired teargas at people who raided shops and aid supplies. Our correspondent Hans Jaap Melissen is in the capital Port-au-Prince and filed this report.

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Dutch development aid 'unprofessional'
The Netherlands is one of the top ten countries in the world when it comes to development aid. But there's been an increasingly fierce debate over whether it's money well-spent. A new report by the Dutch council for government policy joins the chorus of critics, saying the Netherlands may be generous, but it lacks vital information and as a result, too much Dutch aid just isn't professional enough. Newsline specialist Perro de Jong joins us in the studio.

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